Each political party comes with its own particular history, background and DNA. I cannot remember the Labour Party going through the same traumatic days as the Nationalist Party went through last...

The difference between training and education is that one teaches you to do the other teaches you to think and possibly how to do it better.  Here in Malta, there can be quite an unnatural...

The murder of 34-year-old mother of two Chantelle Chetcuti in Zabbar this week, made all the news headlines. It shocked the country and discussions on social media focused about the need for action....

Malta's business sector should not be placed under a bad light so that it can keep growing and, in turn, the country will too, Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said on Indepth. Schembri was asked...

Internal "organisational justice" needs to be the first step which takes place for people to start regaining faith in the police force after it was rocked by a recent overtime scandal, lawyer and...

Even though I could not attend it, the (delayed) ceremony for the allocation of national book prizes for 2019 held at end January triggered for me memories of literary developments in Malta. Some went...

A variety of social policy areas deserve attention in Malta. These exist in a context of social and environmental change which require sustainable policy making. Incidentally, a few weeks ago the...

Death Last week I was asked to moderate a conference organized by the National Cancer Platform.  It was a very well-organised conference with some exquisite presentations.  One...

Members of the public and several eNGOs were understandably alarmed by news of the proposed road-widening works between Marsalforn and Rabat in Gozo. In addition to the road-widening, the proposed...

So that’s how it is. Brexit has at last arrived. It took so long to put the decision on track because it was triggered by a referendum. As I see it, a referendum has a less than worthwhile...